Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Cognitive properties of a whiteboard: a case study in a trauma centre
ECSCW'01 Proceedings of the seventh conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
ECSCW'91 Proceedings of the second conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Collaborative information seeking: A field study of a multidisciplinary patient care team
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Situational awareness support to enhance teamwork in collaborative environments
ECCE '08 Proceedings of the 15th European conference on Cognitive ergonomics: the ergonomics of cool interaction
Guest Editorial: Biomedical Complexity and Error
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Understanding visual attention of teams in dynamic medical settings through vital signs monitor use
Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
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Team Situation Awareness (TSA) is one of the critical factors in effective Operating Room (OR) teamwork and can impact patient safety and quality of care. While previous research showed a relationship between situation awareness, as measured by communication events, and team performance, the implications for developing technology to augment and facilitate TSA were not examined. This research aims to further study situation-related communications in the cardiac OR in order to uncover potential degradation in TSA which may lead to adverse events. The communication loop construct-the full cycle of information flow between the participants in the sequence-was used to assess susceptibility to breakdown. Previous research and the findings here suggest that communication loops that are open, non-directed, or with delayed closure, can be susceptible to information loss. These were quantitatively related to communication indicators of TSA such as questions, replies, and announcements. Taken together, both qualitative and quantitative analyses suggest that a high proportion of TSA-related communication (63%) can be characterized as susceptible to information loss. The findings were then used to derive requirements and design a TSA augmentative display. The design principles and potential benefits of such a display are outlined and discussed.